The week ahead: Music

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Singer with heart

TONY BENNETT
Admit it: When Bennett sings “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” or maybe “Cold, Cold Heart,” you’ll be so thrilled you decided to spend Valentine’s Day with such a romantic master of American music. At 86, Bennett hasn’t exactly slowed down, either. Last year he released “Viva Duets,” which paired him with stars of Latin music. Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Tickets: $57.50-$147.50. The Opera House. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

TORO Y MOI
Emerging from under the thumb of so-called chillwave, Chaz Bundick sounds more pointed than ever on his new third album, “Anything in Return,” which broadens his electronic palette. Get there early for opening sets from Dog Bite and Wild Belle, the rising indie-pop duo of Natalie and Elliot Bergman, who are sister and brother. Feb. 15, 9 p.m. Tickets: $20. Paradise Rock Club. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

SETH GLIER
While in his teens, this piano-playing singer-songwriter from Western Mass. was already releasing records that showcased a burgeoning talent for graceful folk-pop. Now 24, he calls “Things I Should Let You Know,” his assured new album, “a reckoning with adulthood.” Feb. 15, 8 p.m. Tickets: $15. Club Passim. 617-492-7679, www.clubpassim.com

Folk, World & Country

NATHAN & THE ZYDECO CHA-CHAS They may be coming to the area on Valentine’s Day, but the top-tier, long-running zydeco band fronted by Nathan Williams is really here to start celebrating les bon temps of Mardi Gras a week early. Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $22. Bull Run Restaurant, Shirley. 877-536-7190. www.bullrunrestaurant.com

KELLY WILLIS AND BRUCE ROBISON This duo first merged their separate interests in a domestic partnership via marriage, and now they’ve augmented their separate musical careers with a partnership they call “the Bruce and Kelly show.” The partnership has borne fruit in a just-released album, “Cheater’s Game,” that provides the sorts of perspectives suggested by its name. Sounds like perfect fodder for a Valentine’s Day show. Feb. 14, 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $15. Johnny D’s, Somerville. 888-777-8932, www.ticketweb.com

PUNCH BROTHERS With music that is formidably virtuosic and relentlessly idiosyncratic, sometimes serious to the point of pretention and other times playful as can be, the Punch Brothers continue to stretch the limits of what a bluegrass band can be — if that is what they are at all. Feb. 16, 7 p.m. Tickets: $25-$35. House of Blues. 800-745-3000. www.livenation.com

KEVIN GORDON Typically, claims that this or that musician is a poet are loose talk at best, but not in the case of Gordon (and not just because he earned a Master’s degree in the art). Gordon matches his way with words with an equal facility at wrapping them in a seething, gutbucket variety of roots music. He plays ahead of Dennis Brennan Wednesday, and returns the following night with Session Americana. Feb. 20,9 p.m. Tickets: $10. Lizard Lounge, Cambridge. 617-547-0759. www.lizardloungeclub.com

Jazz, Blues & Cabaret

TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON The famed drummer helms a concert celebrating her new CD, “Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue,” featuring her new arrangements of Duke Ellington compositions from Ellington’s historic trio recording with Charles Mingus and Max Roach. She’ll be joined by guest pianist Gerald Clayton, also featured on the album, in group configurations ranging from trios to larger ensembles including Berklee students. Feb. 14, 8:15 p.m. Tickets: $8-$20. Berklee Performance Center. 617-747-2261, www.berklee.edu/BPC